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• Beyond sound effects: Designing sound for the American theatre in the 1970s 

  Hsieh, Yu-Yun (2018-08-06)

  This dissertation investigates the engagement between American theatre and sound reproduction technologies in the 1970s. Through an analysis of Abe Jacob’s sound design for Broadway and productions created by experimental ...

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• The Steppenwolf Scenario: Establishing the habitus of Chicago’s Off-Loop theatre community 

  Epplett, Shannon (2018-07-05)

  This study focuses on the history, development, and structuring elements of Chicago’s Off-Loop theatre community. My research, grounded in Diana Taylor’s concept of scenarios and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, takes ...

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• Bumpkin rising: the development of American identity through the country bumpkin character in American manners plays 

  Bunch, Caroline M (2017-04-18)

  In this dissertation, the country bumpkin character type is analyzed as a reflection of American identity. In the English tradition, the country bumpkin is often the object of ridicule because of his ignorance and buffoonish ...

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• Great bellies and boy actors: pregnancy plays on the Stuart stage, 1603-1642 

  Thiel, Sara Boland Taylor (2017-02-14)

  Before 1603, pregnant characters were seldom present on English stages; because of mounting anxiety over Elizabeth’s failure to produce an heir, representations of pregnant bodies were, perhaps wisely, rare. In contrast, ...

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• Playing American: race and citizenship in American theatre and performance during the Great War, 1917-1919 

  Salerno, Michelle R. (2016-07-05)

  This dissertation explores the intersection of race and citizenship in American theatre and performance during US active engagement in the Great War through focusing on performances by and about German immigrants and African ...

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